Re: [boost] [pimpl] Mini Review

Subject: Re: [boost] [pimpl] Mini Review
From: Sergiu Dotenco (sergiu.dotenco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-26 18:53:21

Am 26.05.2011 23:30, schrieb Krzysztof Czainski:
> Looks like auto_ptr really isn't suitable for pimpl. And auto_ptr has many
> more draw-backs, so it is deprecated.
> 
> But getting back to the mini-review, suppose we use scoped_ptr instead of
> auto_ptr. I think Artyoms arguments still stand. And then you can't forget
> to make a non-inline destructor, because scoped_ptr uses checked_delete.

I certainly prefer using a specialized and well-tested library requiring
just a couple of lines over manually implementing such an essential
idiom by introducing boilerplate-code. Not mentioning the case when
value semantics are wanted which scoped_ptr doesn't support.